I felt pretty good as I got going. I was surprised to realize I was not as sluggish as I usually am during my morning shifts. I used to keep yawing all through the morning way into mid-afternoon. Today, not a single yawn. (Of course until now when I started to think about it.) I have been drinking more that the recommended 8 glasses of 8 oz. a day. These past couple of days I have been eating every couple of hours and never felt hungry. I will normally take two apples, sliced into quarters, along with my lunch and a salad. I recently made my trail mix which I got the recipe from some website I cannot remember at the moment. So all that has kept me going these past few days. Then for dinner, it's usually something light and sensible. Tonight I tried something a little different:
That is grilled chicken with green beans and corn. I marinated the chicken for about an hour in apple cider vinegar with thyme, garlic salt, and fresh cracked pepper. The green beans came in a mushroom sauce and were steamed in the microwave. The corn was straight from the can, no salt added, but I added pepper. Not too bad, if I do say so myself. Altough, I think I added too much pepper to just about everythng. I'm not really a huge fan of the green beans, but I did enjoy them. Maybe a couple more times and I'll get a taste for them.
I feel I am finally getting a handle on this new way of living. It has taken some getting used to but I am coming to terms with it. I don't really have those urges to pig out and eat everything in sight. Yes, I would love a Burger King double whopper, but I know it's something I cannot have at the moment. So once I make that realization, the temptation isn't there anymore. The same thing goes for sweets and sodas. I honestly cannot remember the last time I had a soda. I think it might have been this past Christmas. That is very interesting. As for sweets, I was never really big into them so that has been an easy thing to cut out. Well, for instance, the other day at work someone had brought a huge brownie to share with everyone. I saw it and said it is something I cannot have right now and I was ok with that.
I am discovering I have a stronger willpower than I thought. I had cheated a bit now and then in the beginning, but I am already a month into this and I have made some serious changes. The other day when I went grocery shopping, I started to seriously look at labels and compare the regular type compared to the low cal, low fat version. I have also been reading one of the lastest books from The Biggest Loser series - The Biggest Loser: Simple Swaps.
I'm really learning a lot on what to eat that is a lot healthier for me and especially on how to prepare food in a healthier manner. For instance, when cooking eggs I now use one whole egg and two egg whites. This boosts the protein and cuts down on the fat and cholesterol. Throw in some bacon and a slice of low fat cheese and wrap it up in a wheat tortilla, and I have one hell of a tastey breakfast taco. I used up my remaining regular sausage and bacon, but I will be switching to turkey sausage and/or turkey bacon. There's even a recipe in one of the Biggest Loser books for a lean breakfast sausage. I am hoping to try that soon.
This new healthier way of eating is coming along little by little. My friends at work are really impressed with my progress and determination. They have been really supportive. I have also been receiving many words of encouragement from my friends on facebook. Not only am I motivating them to workout, they are motivating me in turn to keep it going. Because if I don't keep moving forward, I am just going to fall back into my old habits. That is something I no longer desire.
